Re: TT GPS cannot open com port but 307 driver being used

From: Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld (darren_at_pocketgpsworld.invalid)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:26:24 +0100

Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorld wrote:
> Memory-Map will use whatever COM Port you configure it for, however,
> if you have TomTom GPS Driver v2.08 or later this reserves the BT Com
> Port for it's exclusive use, to resolve this either install v2.07 or
> remove 'TomTom~GPS' on the PocketPC and soft reset, this will not
> affect the use of TomTom.
> Viist our site for more information on this.

Further to this I can happily announce that v3.03 now resolves this issue at
long last, see the news post on our front page for details. 

-- 
Darren Griffin
Pocket GPS World - http://www.pocketgpsworld.com
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